YOU TOMORROW TODAY IS THURSDAY, AUGUST 14-TH. I'M COURTNEY KABOT... WITH YOUR TOP LOCAL HEADLINES. TWO YOUNG GIRLS FROM ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY ARE MISSING. SHERIFF'S ISSUED AN AMBER ALERT IN OSWEGATCHIE WEDNESDAY NIGHT-- THEY SAY TWO AMISH GIRLS MAY HAVE BEEN ABDUCTED FROM A ROAD-SIDE STAND. FANNIE MILLER IS TWELVE-YEARS OLD... AND DELILIA MILLER IS SIX. THEY BOTH HAVE BROWN HAIR AND BROWN EYES... AND WERE WEARING DARK BLUE DRESSES, BLUE APRONS AND BLACK BONNETS. SHERIFFS SAY THE GIRLS WERE HELPING A CUSTOMER AT THE STAND ... WHEN THEY DISAPPEARED. A VEHICLE IN QUESTION... HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A WHITE, FOUR-DOOR SEDAN. IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING... CALL STATE POLICE. LAWYERS REPRESENTING ABIGAIL HERNANDEZ... RELEASED A STATEMENT FROM THE NEW HAMPSHIRE TEEN AND HER MOTHER... SAYING-- "ABBY WAS VIOLENTLY ABDUCTED BY A STRANGER. FOR MANY MONTHS ... SHE SUFFERED NUMEROUS ACTS OF UNSPEAKABLE VIOLENCE. ABBY NEEDS SOME TIME AND SPACE TO PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY HEAL." THE TEEN WAS 14 WHEN SHE DISAPPEARED ON HER WAY HOME FROM SCHOOL IN OCTOBER... AND MYSTERIOUSLY RETURNED HOME NINE MONTHS LATER. POLICE CHARGED 34- YEAR OLD NATE KIBBY IN CONNECTION TO THE KIDNAPPING. THE ESSEX COUNTY ANIMAL CRUELTY TASK FORCE WANTS OUTDATED LAWS TO BE CHANGED... TO PROTECT ANIMALS FROM HARM. THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY SAYS SHE SUPPORTS A BILL... THAT WOULD CREATE A MORE CONSISTENT SYSTEM OF CLASSIFYING AND SENTENCING INDIVIDUALS FOR CRIMES AGAINST ANIMALS. SHE SAYS ANIMAL CRUELTY CAN LEAD TO MORE SERIOUS CRIMES INVOLVING CHILDREN OR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SITUATIONS. POLICE SAY SEVERAL CARS PARKED ON CITY STREETS WERE VANDALIZED IN CHITTENDEN COUNTY. WINOOSKI POLICE SAY WINDOWS WERE SMASHED ON ALL OF THE VEHICLES. POLICE THINK THAT WHOEVER DID THIS... WENT DOWN MAIN STREET ... THROUGH THE CIRCLE ... AND INTO BURLINGTON. THERE WERE ALSO COMPLAINTS OF VANDALISM AND WINDOW SMASHING ON "RIVERSIDE DRIVE." A VERMONT COMMITTEE WILL MEET TODAY... TO DISCUSS THE PROBLEM OF DRUGS FLOWING INTO THE STATE PRISON SYSTEM. COMMITTEE VICE-CHAIRMAN-- RICHARD SEARS-- SAYS LAWMAKERS HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR WAYS TO CRACK- DOWN ON THE SMUGGLING. AT A HEARING TODAY-- CORRECTIONS OFFICIALS ARE EXPECTED TO DISCUSS NEW RULES ... ON SEARCHES OF PEOPLE AND ITEMS COMING INTO THE FACILITIES. THANKS FOR LOGGING ON TO WPTZ DOT COM. WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW. HAVE A GREAT